l’Abri Nederland Lezingen

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture June 29th 2024Speaker: Henk Reitsema The political developments in the West today resemble the thirties of the previous century. What is going on in our society, why is there so much dissatisfaction about the prevailing order and how can a Christian act constructively in these turbulent times?In this lecture we will analyse with a wide view and refle

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture June 8th 2024Speaker: Robb Ludwick Increasing loneliness is regarded as one of the most concerning developments in our society. More community and less individualism seems to be the required antidote.But isn't there also much to learn about how to be alone in a healthy and wholesome way? Aided by some biblical examples and some wisdom from thinkers t

l'Abri Zaterdagochtendlezing 30 maart 2024Spreker: Christa Ludwick-RietkerkOp stille zaterdag willen we stilstaan bij de vraag waarom Jezus eigenlijk moest sterven. En waarom dit zo centraal is in het christelijk geloof. Vaak zijn we geraakt in het geloof als we horen hoe God van ons houdt, en hoe het geloof een weg is naar heel-wording en groei. Is het sterven en opstaan van Jezus

l'Abri Zaterdagochtendlezing 17 februari 2024Spreker: Robb Ludwick Doelgerichtheid - het hebben van ‘meaning and purpose’ - is heel erg ‘in’. En het moet ook een goed doel zijn: het verbeteren van de wereld en van het leven. Vooral de jongere generatie maakt keuzes voor werk en hobbies, politieke en maatschappelijke betrokkenheid, vereniging of kerk, op basis van de duideli

l'Abri Saturday morning lecture March 2nd 2024Speaker: Arthur MetzWhat we expect from the future guides our present decisions, and since Jesus ascended to the heavens, promising to return and bring His Kingdom, Christians have anticipated, imagined, and lived this future.However, the Christian faith is not the sole producer of future expectations. All kinds of utopias and desperate

l'Abri Saturday morning lecture February 3rd, 2024Speaker: Henk ReitsemaThe Bible has a surprising amount to say about this special category that to an extent faces the same difficulties as people in our time who struggle with their identity. God sees the eunuch and is awake particularly concerned with his dilemma.

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture November 11th, 2023Speaker: Jan Pieter van Seventer Artificial Intelligence (A.I) software has been around for years, but recently it has made its way into publicly available tools used for art, design, writing, programming and game world creation. Exploring the opportunities as well as the risks of this significant shift in digital creation, we will

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture October 28th 2023Speaker: Philip Johnston Since the rise of the MeToo movement in the mid-2010s, masculinity has re-entered the cultural conversation with force. On the left, masculinity is often seen as a problem and rarely referenced without “toxic” as a modifier. Men simply need to shape up and stand down.On the right, a pro-male movement has

l'Abri Saturday Morning Lecture October 7th 2023Speaker: Mika Metz It is not big news that most of us struggle to make decisions, whether it is big ones, like "Which Study Should I Follow", or smaller ones, like picking one option from the restaurant menu! But the time and place we live in usually adds perspectives or challenges. For example: an overload of data and options may res

l'Abri Zaterdagochtend lezing 9 september 2023Spreker: Christa Ludwick-Rietkerk In de l’Abri traditie hebben we het vaak over Schaeffers uitspraak ‘substantial healing’: dat we in een herstelde relatie met God door Jezus en de Heilige Geest, het leven in het hier en nu een behoorlijke – al is het onvolledig – genezing en vooruitgang mogen kennen. In deze lezing kijken we